On Sat, 8 Dec 2001 23:25:24 -0500 Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> While watching S. King's IT on tv. tonight... with the wifey > ofcourse... I upgraded my laptop to use ext3. > > Once installed, I did a couple of tests... namely... I removed the > battery and then unplugged the wall adpater from the laptop... > while in the middle of a compile session... > > Upon reboot, it was proclamed that the root system had to be.... > I think it said "re-journaled"... anyway... an eye blink later I had > my laptop back and ready for use! Amazing! I did this a COUPLE > of times and each time the filesystem check was less than a > second or two and this was on a 12gig file system! The same fsck > on a 12gig ext2 would last forever... > > I'm royally impressed! > > And the movie stunk... > > Cheers all and goodnight. > Ah yes, a journaling filesystem. Don't leave home without one! Now that ext3 has been merged into the 2.4.x mainline, there's absolutely no excuse for being at risk when the unexpected occurs. You can convert an ext2 filesystem to ext3 on the fly.. -- Collins Richey Denver Area - WWTLRD? gentoo_rc6 k2.4.17-pre6+ext3+xfce+sylpheed+galeon _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
